Bead-crocheting needle.



G. I. DENNER.

BE'A'D GRQOHETING NEEDLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17, 1914.

Patented July 21, 19M.

l/WEA/TOH m 8 8 M H w M, N m 0 5 f m W a CHARLOTTE ISABELL DENNER, OFSANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA.

READ-CROCHETING NEEDLE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1914.

Application filed February 17, 1914. Serial No. 819,192.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLOTTE I. DENNER, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Santa Rosa, in thecounty of Sonoma and State of California, have invented anew and usefulImprovement in Bead- Crocheting Needles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to crocheting needles and more particularly to aneedle to be used in bead crocheting.

l-leretofore it has been the custom in manufacturing articles of beadwork to use a loom, the threads of which are strung with beads by hand,or in bead crocheting with the ordinary crocheting needle to thread thebeads as the work progressed.

The latter method particularly has proven to be a tiresome and slowmethod, and it is the main object of my invention to provide a needle bymeans of which a simpler and easier way of handling the beads in work ofthis character is obtained.

Another object of the invention is to provide a orocheting needle in theform of a loop on which beads may be strung to be fed onto the thread asneeded.

A further object of the invention is to provide a needle of the classdescribed. having one end looped and returned upon the needle with asaddle to normally engage the needle for keeping the beads on the loop.

A. still further object is to provide a needle of the class describedwhich will be simple, durable, efficient in operation and inexpensive tomanufacture.

With these and other objects in view which will become apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully describedand claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which likecharacters of reference indicate like parts throughout the figures, ofwhich,

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the crocheting needleillustrating the same as in operation. Fig. 2 represents an en larged,fragmentary, elevational view of a portion of a needle, the saddle beingshown in section. Fig. 8 represents a fragmentary, top plan view of theneedle. Fig. 4.- represents an enlarged, detail, transverse, secl tionalview taken on the plane indicated by the line 4-4. of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5represents a view similar to Fig. 4-. taken on the plane indicated bythe line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 5 represents a crochetingneedle which is preferably formed of steel wire or similar springmaterial and which at the end opposite the hook 6, is returned uponitself to form a loop 7, the free end'of which is bent at right anglesas at 8, toward the me die, and has its end flattened and rounded up atthe sides and bent into parallel relation with the needle to form asaddle 9, adapted to engage the needle at a distance from hook G. Thesides 10 of the saddle extend for most of their length half-way aroundthe needle and at their forward ends they are thinned and widened toform lips 11 which. extend above and on each side of the needle in orderto normally keep the same in place in the saddle. The lips are curvedoutwardly .at their top edges as at 12 so that the needle may readily beguided onto the saddle. A metal bead stop 13 is provided at the lowerend of portion 8 of the loop. The plane of loop 7 is disposed at rightangles to the plane of the hook, as shown, so that the needle may beheld in the usual position for crocheting with the loop arranged. in asubstantially vertical plane.

In practice, the loop is strung with beads arranged as to color andnumber, in reverse order to that in which they are to be used, bothsides, if necessary, of the loop being strung, and as the workprogresses the beads are slipped down from time to time over the loop ofthread on the hook, the nee dle being momentarily lifted from its saddlein order to let one or more as required of the beads slip down over thelower end of the needle.

Although I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention I maydesire to make such changes in the construction, combination andarrangement of parts as do not depart from the spirit of the inventionand the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A crocheting needle having a hook at one end and having its oppositeend bent upon itself to form aloop, a saddle formed at the free end ofthe loop, said saddle having its sides curved to conform to the shape ofthe needle, and alip formed at one end of the saddle for engaging theneedle, and a bead stop formed on the loop.

2. A crocheting needle having a hook at one end and having its oppositeend formed into a loop, and a saddle formed at the free endof the loop,said saddle adapted to normally receive the needle.

3. A Crocheting needle having a hook at one end and having its oppositeend bent upon itself to form a loop for receiving beads, and meanscarried by the free end of the loo-p adapted to normally engage theneedle to prevent loss of beads from the loop.

4-. A crocheting needle having a hook at one end a loop formed at theopposite end of the needle, said loop adapted to receive beads, theplane of said loop being at right angles to the plane of said hook.

5. The combination With a Crocheting needle, of a loop for receivingbeads, said loop forming a continuation of the needle, and means forminga continuation of the loop adapted to preventpassage of beads from theloop to the needle, said means being movable at Will to allow passageofbeads.

6. The combination With a l Crocheting needle of bead carrying means,for feeding the beads onto said needle, and means carried by the needlefor normally preventing movement of the beads from said head carryingmeans onto the needle.

CHARLOTTE ISABELL DENNER.

Witnesses EMILY R. DENNER, JAMES E. CLARK.

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